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Did Latin lack a denominal verb directly from 'patria'?

Linguistically speaking, there is no reason why one could not form unprefixed denominal locative verbs like patriare and dentare with the expected/corresponding meanings "provide X with patria" and "provide … Cf. the existing unprefixed locative denominal verbs: humare ('to provide/cover X with earth'), marginare ('to provide X with a border'), terminare ('to provide X with bounds', i.e., 'set bounds'), etc …
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On the interpretation of "ipse" in anticausative constructions

After having answered a question on "ipse" from a very different perspective (a philosophical one: [Does 'ipse' truly mean change? ), I return to linguistics: now I was wondering if ipse must be consi …
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How accurate is the typical definition of a deponent verb?

Deponent verbs are often defined as verbs that have passive forms but active meanings. But how accurate is this typical definition/generalization? … verbs like (ex)hortor involve an active meaning. …
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Is there a Latin 'studiare'?

This proposal/hypothesis is made on the basis that 1st conjugation is the one where more (but not all, of course) denominal verbs are found. I've not checked it out but at first sight it seems true. …
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Did Latin have any ergative verbs?

unaccusativity" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burzio%27s_generalization ), yes, Latin has been claimed to present so-called "split intransitivity", whereby the typical distinction within intransitive verbs … Some examples of labile verbs in Latin follow: Foris aperit. 'The door is opening'. (Pl. Pers. 300) Ecquis has aperit foris? ‘Is anyone going to open this door?’ …
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Why there are several words for swimming?

As pointed out by Joonas, in Latin "a number of other swimming verbs are obtained with prefixes you can add to either one: ad-, e-, de-, in-, prae-, re-, tra-, ab-". … languages, I think that the present question becomes even more interesting if (re)formulated in the following terms: why is it the case that Latin, compared to Romance languages, has many complex/prefixed verbs
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Are Latin verbs of motion satellite-framed or verb-framed?

Latin and Slavic languages have a lot of prefixed motion verbs (e.g., Lat. incurro, decurro, excurro, percurro, etc) but, interestingly, both lack complex resultative constructions of the English kind … Cognitive Linguistics and Lexical Change: Motion Verbs from Latin to Romance. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins. …
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What is the grammatical "logic" of ablative case in «Tuā et meā māximē interest tē ualēre» (...

Assuming that ablative case is always a semantic case (see the typical lists of its associated meanings in Latin grammars), I was wondering if Latin speakers could still assign a synchronic more or le …
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"To sound (like)" in Latin

'it sounds good'; cf. the same use with other verbs: 'She looks pretty', 'It feels soft', i.a.). … A brief treatment of the copular use of these two verbs can be found in an appendix of Section 4.97 "Copular verbs" from Pinkster (2015: 209). …
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effeminare = evirare (?)

So in efferare-type verbs (effeminare included!) … pattern of these verbs is different from the dislocatum object pattern of the exoculare-type, where the root expresses the dislocated object). …
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effeminare = evirare (?)

Assuming that (i) the meanings of vir and femina are indeed opposite and (ii) the meaning of the prefix ex- is quite transparent, why are the verbs evirare and effeminare then synonymous? … Are there further similar pairs/examples of verbs in Latin? NB: one could say that these two verbs are not really synonymous. …
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Impersonal Verbs: Are Active Transitives Possible?

Interestingly, the accusative case of the experiencer argument of these stative psychological verbs has been originally related to those causative verbs of the 2nd conjugation. Cf. … The impersonal verbs at issue here assign accusative case to their experiencer object since they can be originally related to (not impersonal!) transitive verbs with causative meaning. …
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Difference between "immergo" and "summergo"

Both verbs do exist in Catalan: immergir and submergir (vid. https://dlc.iec.cat/). … So feel free to use both verbs! …
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What is the correct etymology of ignōscō "pardon"?

Haverling, who is THE expert on -sco verbs. HAVERLING, Gerd (2000). On sco-Verbs, Prefixes and Semantic Functions. … A Study in the Development of Prefixed and Unprefixed Verbs from Early to Late Latin. Studia Graeca et Latina Gothoburgensia, 64. Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis. …
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The verb 'utor' in gerundive constructions

I've just taken a look at Pinkster's (2015: 292) Oxford Latin Syntax and I've discovered that examples like the following ones are attested: Promunt condita aut propterea quod sunt tuenda, aut quod u …
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